Submissions by da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just an average dude expressing my views.
'24's At The Front Door
I wanna erase the pain revolving around my cerebellum
Reflecting a time of peace like an antebellum
The serum, unlike red rum, is my creativity
Waving the white flag when writing poetry
Another year meets history as we're approaching 2024
Expeditiously escorting 2023 right outta the back door
I for sure don't want anymore of what '23 had to offer
Devising a plan for how I can add dollars to my coffer
I want my daughter and I to reestablish our bond
A bond that's floated away like lily pads in a pond
Want my marriage to...
Reflecting a time of peace like an antebellum
The serum, unlike red rum, is my creativity
Waving the white flag when writing poetry
Another year meets history as we're approaching 2024
Expeditiously escorting 2023 right outta the back door
I for sure don't want anymore of what '23 had to offer
Devising a plan for how I can add dollars to my coffer
I want my daughter and I to reestablish our bond
A bond that's floated away like lily pads in a pond
Want my marriage to...
#love
#peace
#money
#NewYear
#MentalHealth
260 reads
10 Comments
Visions Of I
Clairvoyant within an audience of spirits
Clairaudient when in attendance I hear it
The truest conduit is the vision of eye
It's becoming clearer & clearer like blue skies
The fall guy whenever I don't do as I'm told
But I spring over factions' actions when it's cold
Winter can't hold my soul cause of the warmth of my heart
Like summers down under, its heat is off the chart
Sometimes we must depart when there's stormy weather
Listening to the wind's whispers chiming from Mother Nature
Keeping stature erect while...
Clairaudient when in attendance I hear it
The truest conduit is the vision of eye
It's becoming clearer & clearer like blue skies
The fall guy whenever I don't do as I'm told
But I spring over factions' actions when it's cold
Winter can't hold my soul cause of the warmth of my heart
Like summers down under, its heat is off the chart
Sometimes we must depart when there's stormy weather
Listening to the wind's whispers chiming from Mother Nature
Keeping stature erect while...
#relationships
#nature
#philosophical
#SelfDiscovery
#PersonalGrowth
175 reads
11 Comments
Decisions & Deceptions
Equations of false perceptions
That equate to misconceptions
Cause miscommunications
That transition into weapons
The best protection is to question
Not formulations of calculations
Whose assumptions lead to divisions
Valuations of depreciation; in relations
This is the summation and conclusion
Of a conversation with introspection
Will it take separations via subtractions
In order for my peace to reach fruition
Life's full of tough decisions & deceptions
That equate to misconceptions
Cause miscommunications
That transition into weapons
The best protection is to question
Not formulations of calculations
Whose assumptions lead to divisions
Valuations of depreciation; in relations
This is the summation and conclusion
Of a conversation with introspection
Will it take separations via subtractions
In order for my peace to reach fruition
Life's full of tough decisions & deceptions
#love
#peace
#misunderstood
#choices
#deception
258 reads
5 Comments
It Was All A Scheme
They devised an elaborate scheme
Disappointedly deferring his dream
It had seemed to good to be true
Fortunately, he followed the clues
Instinctively he knew something was awry
Intelligently determined that it was all a lie
His third eye saw through the smoke and mirrors
Yet, he did come close to making a costly error
Now his anger wants him to seek and destroy
So that they'll never ever peek at such a ploy
His convoy of actions is notifying authoritarians
Hoping those factions bring their fraudulent acts to an end ...
Disappointedly deferring his dream
It had seemed to good to be true
Fortunately, he followed the clues
Instinctively he knew something was awry
Intelligently determined that it was all a lie
His third eye saw through the smoke and mirrors
Yet, he did come close to making a costly error
Now his anger wants him to seek and destroy
So that they'll never ever peek at such a ploy
His convoy of actions is notifying authoritarians
Hoping those factions bring their fraudulent acts to an end ...
#lies
210 reads
3 Comments
Morning Marathons
Surf the waves until the waters settle
Don't blow your top like a steaming kettle
Life'll beat you up and keep you on trial
Judge and jury incarcerating your smile
Traveling for miles on roads of tribulations
Starts erecting dark thoughts full of ideations
Depression's a beast bearing a pitch fork & horns
Genetically afflicting some entities when their born
Worn like scarlet letters that folks'll never be able to see
Branded onto psyches like we've joined Greek fraternities
Stepping on happy emotions like it's dancing to...
Don't blow your top like a steaming kettle
Life'll beat you up and keep you on trial
Judge and jury incarcerating your smile
Traveling for miles on roads of tribulations
Starts erecting dark thoughts full of ideations
Depression's a beast bearing a pitch fork & horns
Genetically afflicting some entities when their born
Worn like scarlet letters that folks'll never be able to see
Branded onto psyches like we've joined Greek fraternities
Stepping on happy emotions like it's dancing to...
#depression
#courage
#LifeStruggles
#motivational
#inspirational
181 reads
3 Comments
They Don't See Me
If I were an entity known as Brevity
Could you then understand me?
So many wilfully choose not to see
O' say can you see ME as I truly be?
Could you then understand me?
So many wilfully choose not to see
O' say can you see ME as I truly be?
#misunderstood
174 reads
3 Comments
I Gave U Life
I gave you life when I implanted my seed
But you only know me when you have a need
I concede with trying to show you the light
I've accepted that it's another futile fight
I'm sure your mother delights in destroying our bond
You're the only thing she has of which I am fond
She's the conduit for the bullshit that has manifest
Yet, class is still in session; will you pass the test?
I've rest my case and will no longer plead
Jury's out as I wait for what the verdict'll be
You'll have to make me a priority instead of a convenient...
But you only know me when you have a need
I concede with trying to show you the light
I've accepted that it's another futile fight
I'm sure your mother delights in destroying our bond
You're the only thing she has of which I am fond
She's the conduit for the bullshit that has manifest
Yet, class is still in session; will you pass the test?
I've rest my case and will no longer plead
Jury's out as I wait for what the verdict'll be
You'll have to make me a priority instead of a convenient...
#love
#heartbroken
#daughter #fatherhood
#daughter #fatherhood
184 reads
4 Comments
For Better Or Worse
I'm trying to love you through your hurt
Trying to love you through your pain
Trying to sustain through your anxiety
While trying my best to remain sane
I'm trying to love you with empathy
I'm trying to be your ride or die
It's causing a strain on me mentally
And physically; I can't even lie
I spy, with my third eye, real, true love
I try to give it to you unconditionally
And continually try to fly as high as a dove
I'm transparently conveying this poetically
Trying to love you through your pain
Trying to sustain through your anxiety
While trying my best to remain sane
I'm trying to love you with empathy
I'm trying to be your ride or die
It's causing a strain on me mentally
And physically; I can't even lie
I spy, with my third eye, real, true love
I try to give it to you unconditionally
And continually try to fly as high as a dove
I'm transparently conveying this poetically
#love
#marriage
#illness #MentalHealth
#illness #MentalHealth
406 reads
10 Comments
Scarred Bark Part II
Admiring the trees with colorful leaves
That're falling from high as they grieve
Leaving some trees barrenly undressed
That just can't handle constant duress
Stress from storms got 'em torn & battered
Beginning to lean like a rose that's withered
Tethered to pain of epigenetic proportions
Trying to stay sane after late term abortions
They gotta use caution when standing tall in fields
Executioners are lurking while out carrying steels
Making it harder to heal as bark's peeled everyday
When roots are uprooted,...
That're falling from high as they grieve
Leaving some trees barrenly undressed
That just can't handle constant duress
Stress from storms got 'em torn & battered
Beginning to lean like a rose that's withered
Tethered to pain of epigenetic proportions
Trying to stay sane after late term abortions
They gotta use caution when standing tall in fields
Executioners are lurking while out carrying steels
Making it harder to heal as bark's peeled everyday
When roots are uprooted,...
#death
#LifeStruggles
#trees
#nature
#MentalHealth
175 reads
5 Comments
Monopoly Of Life
Staying focused on the past
Means never passing GO
2 hundred dollars won't last
If one proceeds that slow
The money only flows
After we throw the dice
Sometimes it'll grow
Other times it'll slice
Like mice on wheels
To heal, we gotta move
At times, the journey's uphill
Yet we still must groove
It behooves of us all
To keep moving & grooving
Gotta stand up tall
Or fall to expiring
Means never passing GO
2 hundred dollars won't last
If one proceeds that slow
The money only flows
After we throw the dice
Sometimes it'll grow
Other times it'll slice
Like mice on wheels
To heal, we gotta move
At times, the journey's uphill
Yet we still must groove
It behooves of us all
To keep moving & grooving
Gotta stand up tall
Or fall to expiring
#strength
#LifeStruggles
#motivational #inspirational
#motivational #inspirational
229 reads
5 Comments
UNIMPEDED FLOW
I'm damaged
My cracks are sealed
Aesthetically pleasing
Underneath unhealed
I spill my ink
Using creativity
To reveal my truth
In the form of poetry
Medicinally abusing
This drug of choice
Arranging these words
As my eternal voice
Pain courses my veins
Yet you'd never know
Til you ride the cadence
Of my rhythmic flow
My cracks are sealed
Aesthetically pleasing
Underneath unhealed
I spill my ink
Using creativity
To reveal my truth
In the form of poetry
Medicinally abusing
This drug of choice
Arranging these words
As my eternal voice
Pain courses my veins
Yet you'd never know
Til you ride the cadence
Of my rhythmic flow
#LifeStruggles
#LifeAsAWriter
#MentalHealth
#WritingPoetry
#hurt
202 reads
3 Comments
Asking Why (Can't I) Shouldn't Eye
Even GOD's son questioned him as to why
Have you forsaken me as I'm about to die?
But you say that I should never question GOD?
How can I not while living in the swamplands of Sod?
Life's so hard and it's not getting any easier
We gotta ask questions for us to get any wiser
Are you a miser of the knowledge that I seek?
Do you believe this'll be inherited by the meek?
Pardon me, but that sounds weak as HELL
You're desiring for me to believe in fairytales
Let's keep it real; only the strong survive
We gotta take a stand in...
Have you forsaken me as I'm about to die?
But you say that I should never question GOD?
How can I not while living in the swamplands of Sod?
Life's so hard and it's not getting any easier
We gotta ask questions for us to get any wiser
Are you a miser of the knowledge that I seek?
Do you believe this'll be inherited by the meek?
Pardon me, but that sounds weak as HELL
You're desiring for me to believe in fairytales
Let's keep it real; only the strong survive
We gotta take a stand in...
#religion
#learning
#wisdom #deception
#wisdom #deception
231 reads
4 Comments
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